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October 3, 2011 3:32 AM

Notes in the Margins: Interviews, savings and social-media skills

Do Admissions Interviews Matter? While admissions interviews are powerful informational tools, they can be deeply flawed. (The New York Times) How Colleges Punish Families Who Choose to Save Schools and the government should focus on income, not savings, when awarding financial aid assistance. (The Atlantic) America’s revolution in business school education U.S. business school reformers of the 1950s…

by Alex Friedrich

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September 30, 2011 9:36 AM

How Moorhead plans to enter Division I hockey

Funny, just after writing about the financing hubbub over college sports, I come across this: Minnesota State University – Moorhead is considering starting a Division I ice hockey program in by the 2013-14 school year, and would spend more than $1 million a year in coaching salaries and benefits to maintain it, The Forum of…

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September 30, 2011 9:12 AM

Midmorning: Should college athletes be compensated more?

Here’s a rough summary of the main points discussed in this week’s Midmorning program on whether colleges should pay their athletes beyond just giving them scholarships. The host is MPR’s Kerri Miller. She’s joined by Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “America in the King Years,” contributor to The Atlantic and author of the e-book…

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September 30, 2011 5:59 AM

MPR audio: Should college athletes be paid?

If you missed this week’s Midmorning program on a new article trashing the NCAA’s treatment of college athletes, here’s a link to the audio. It’s a big topic, and I’ll post the highlights later today. Update: Here’s a rough summary of the discussion.

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September 30, 2011 3:49 AM

Video: College flash mob wedding proposal

Now this is an elaborate wedding proposal. (And why didn’t I have this kind of guts in college?) Former UCLA student Nam Tran organized a flash mob near the UCLA study room — the spot where he first met his girlfriend, Trang. At one point he — and the whole group — get down on one knee.…

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September 30, 2011 3:27 AM

Notes in the Margins: Guns on campus, SAT security and the 4-year guarantee

Pay for Only 4 Years of College. Guaranteed. At Randolph-Macon College this year, a new student, along with a parent and the college president, could sign a special agreement that is emerging at some colleges and universities: As long as the student keeps up with academic work and meets regularly with advisers, the college guarantees that earning a…

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September 29, 2011 9:14 AM

What the inside of the new Weisman looks like

After being closed for about a year for renovation, the University of Minnesota‘s Weisman Art Museum is reopening, with a gala event this weekend — Sunday, Oct. 2 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Here’s the association’s article on it, along with some more sneak-peek photos. Here’s an intro by MPR’s Marianne Combs on her…

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September 29, 2011 9:00 AM

What Christ and Northwestern engineering students have in common

No, these Northwestern College students don’t have a God complex — but they are testing out ways to walk on water, judging from the pictures the college has put on twitpic. Keep trying, folks.

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September 29, 2011 8:45 AM

What the Pioneer Press thinks of MnSCU's new chancellor

We liked what we heard from the new MnSCU chancellor, Steven Rosenstone, when we met with him a few weeks ago, and we said so then. … He’s off to a strong start, and he’s right when he says, “The greatest risk is the risk of business as usual.” — A recent Pioneer Press editorial…

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September 29, 2011 6:42 AM

5 tips on tackling grammar issues in papers by non-native students

A business instructor at last week’s St. Mary’s University ESL conference in Minneapolis grappled with the issue of what kind of overall grade to give a paper when the content is great, but the English is sub-par. ESL expert Dana Ferris gave some perspective on how to be fair to the students. But what then?…

by Alex Friedrich

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